Bill Sponsors: NY S07033 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly
Bill Title: Enacts the "NYC instant run-off voting act"; requires an instant run-off in any municipal election in New York City; provides that if one candidate for any municipal office receives a majority of first preferences, such candidate is elected; provides, however, if no candidate is the first choice of at least half the voters, the instant run-off re-tabulation shall be performed and then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated; makes related changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-21 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07033 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-21 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07033 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator James Sanders [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-010 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |